Question: MGS2 plot question

[Agent]

Hello, i've been playing MGS2 recently and I noticed soon after Raiden's entry into the big shell, he meets a Navy SEAL (lieutenant junior grade) called Iroquois Pliskin. However after the introduction this character never appears again, for the rest of the series as far as I know. Is it to be assumed he was killed on the big shell? Is he an important character in the story? I want to make sure I have it all straight as i'm sure part 4 will wrap things up in an intelligent way. Thanks!

[Dirty Duck]

Probably just a throwaway character like Kojima is known for doing. I always thought he died on the Big Shell but I wouldn't be surprised if he'd decided to bring him back anyway the way he did with Meryl. An MGS4 with Pliskin could have been cool.

[Agent]

Yeah I thought so too, but then I saw a character in Death Stranding 2 who looks quite similar, so it may be a shared universe thing. Much to unpack.

[black king]

I think it was confirmed Pliskin was killed by Fatman's bomb. Snake later stole his uniform to blend in with the SEALS and escape Solidus's notice.

[NateDog]

I've read theories over the years that that person wasn't really a Navy SEAL and is actually Solid Snake in disguise. I don't buy it though, seems a little too outlandish for me. Imagine someone going to all that effort to impersonate someone like that and not even making the effort to learn the correct motto.